Tack driver

[Ernbar]

Picked up this 3- 9x scoped Savage .223 on sale a while back at Bass Pro. Loaded up some once fired brass with 26 grains of CFE 223 topped with a 55 grain FMJ bullet. The book said 3100 fps but my chrono read an average of 2955, still screaming at over 2900 fps. Target set at 100 yards and bench supported.

 

[deermanok]

Nice shooting.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

@Ernbar, which model savage is that?

 

[MrTom]

That's a nice looking gun and range set-up. 2900/3000 fps is really honking along for a .223. That would be a nice winter fox gun with that bullet/load. Head pop'm. Or load a similar weight hollow point to keep crows in line.

 

[Ernbar]

@Ernbar, which model savage is that?

It’s the Axis model.

 

[ghump53]

Good shooting!

 

[box_blaster]

Recently shot one of these belonging to my cousin & it done ok even with steel case fmj. He picked it up super cheap because the person said it was junk & couldn't hit anything with it. After finding beaucoup loose screws we figured the original owner put way too much faith in chinese gunsmithing & slapped on the ar mount & scope combo straight from the amazon package lol. Takes all kinds I suppose.

 

[Ernbar]

Recently shot one of these belonging to my cousin & it done ok even with steel case fmj. He picked it up super cheap because the person said it was junk & couldn't hit anything with it. After finding beaucoup loose screws we figured the original owner put way too much faith in chinese gunsmithing & slapped on the ar mount & scope combo straight from the amazon package lol. Takes all kinds I suppose.

I’ve shot the Wolf steel case too, VERY dirty but accurate. I like to experiment with different hand loads but the CFE loads have been the best and cycles thru my RCBS powder dispenser smoothly. I’m very happy with my setup.